PowerUp!

On September 23, I will be speaking about Adobe Creative Suite 4 at the Columbia County Library in Evans, GA as part of the next Refresh Augusta meetup. The presentation will cover what’s new with the Suite, my thoughts on it so far, and more. On September 24, he’ll be making the same presentation at The State Newspaper for Refresh Columbia. I hope you’ll be able to attend one of them!

These presentations will come hot on the heels of Adobe’s planned unveiling of CS4 on 9/23: http://adobe.istreamplanet.com/.

The folks over at Mahalo.com posted a great primer for people just getting started with Google Analytics. (See “How to Use Google Analytics for Beginners”)

“Google Analytics is one of the best tools out there for analyzing traffic on your website. With a little bit of setup, it will give you an enormous amount of information about who is coming to your site, what they’re looking for, and how they’re getting there. In fact, it has so much information that it can be overwhelming! Don’t let it scare you away. With just a little training, you too will be able to use Google Analytics like a pro.” 

If you’d like to have Google Analytics tracking added to your website, send an email to updates@powerserve.net or call (706) 826-1506 and we’ll be happy to help you get started.

PowerServe has always maintained a policy of offering email service at no additional charge for all of our Web hosting clients. These free email services include many features like spam identification and anti-virus filtering.

These basic level email services have certain restrictions to help ensure that all our clients can get important messages through our servers and across the internet as quickly as possible. The limitations for basic email accounts are:

• 2 MB per email
• 20 MB per day

Several options exist if you want or need more than we are able to provide. Powerserve’s support team will be glad to help you transfer your email to any of these providers. It is perfectly acceptable to maintain your current Powerserve Web hosting and support contract but transfer your mail services to one of the providers below. We will even help you make the switch for free! This is another example of the quality of service we provide our Web hosting and design clients.

Google Mail

Google provides free business email hosting for up to 25 user accounts. In addition, you get access to their online applications such as a shared calendar, instant messaging, and shared spreadsheets. They allow file attachments up to 10MB. Learn more about Google Mail.

GoDaddy Email

GoDaddy, our premier partner for domain registrations, offers a premium email service for only $29.99 per YEAR — that’s only $2.50/month!. You get up to 100 email addresses AND you can send files up to 30MB in size. This plan also includes an online group calendar and free GoDaddy Ringtones for your cell phone. Learn more about Godaddy Email.

File Transfers

Let’s face it. The email infrastructure was simply not built for transferring large files. Large attachments slow everything down because of the internet protocol email uses.

If you need to send large files to customers, the overall best option is to use a service that is designed for it, such as DropSend. It allows you to send files up to 1GB directly from your desktop and also serves as online storage space. They even have a free account that may serve your needs perfectly. Learn more about DropSend.com.

SPAM

SPAM (not Spam) has become such an incessant plague on Internet traffic that the Federal Trade Commission has been empowered to enforce the recent changes in U.S. law concerning it. Read more about the FTC and Spam. Learn more about SPAM SCAMS.

Need more help?

Visit our interactive help site for tips configuring email software like Microsoft Outlook.

I just found out today that I’ll be making a presentation at the Georgia Education Advancement Council (GEAC) Summer Conference on the campus of Augusta State University next Friday. I’ll be speaking about “new” technology - blogs, wikis, podcasts, chats, etc. - and how they can improve an institution’s ability to communicate with alumni, prospective students, etc.

I’m looking forward to the opportunity.